#Impact Strategy

It is the most notoriously difficult hurdle in modern academic funding: the "Knowledge Utilization" section. For researchers drafting NWO (Dutch Research Council) or Horizon Europe proposals, proving the scientific merit of a novel metrology module, microfluidic setup, or spark ablation system is straightforward. Proving its societal and economic impact is …

Drafting the "Knowledge Utilization" section of a major grant proposal is often left to the final weeks before submission. For Principal Investigators (PIs) developing complex physical hardware, this delay is a critical misstep. Review committees assessing NWO (Dutch Research Council) and Horizon Europe proposals are highly adept at spotting hollow …